| Portrait of Miss Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth, by J. S. Sargent, R.A. | [Frontispiece] |
| Horned Head-dress: Beatrice, Countess of Arundel, 1439 | [Title-page] |
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| Duke of Juliers and Cleves (Aldegrever) | [6] |
| Chat I.—A General Survey. |
| Heading | [19] |
| The Comte d'Artois and Mademoiselle Clothilde | [21] |
| Charles Howard, Earl of Nottingham | [23] |
| Ludovicus Rex, by Thackeray | [27] |
| Travelling in a Horse-litter (from a Fourteenth Century MS.) | [31] |
| William III. | [35] |
| Queen Mary | [39] |
| Caricature: Pig Walking upon Stilts (Harleian MS.) | [43] |
| Caricature: Winged Devil (Cotton MS.) | [43] |
| Duchess of Ancaster (after Hudson) | [47] |
| Damask in Silk and Gold (Saracenic) | [50] |
| Venetian Fabric (Thirteenth Century) | [51] |
| London Promenade Dress, 1836 | [55] |
| Chat II.—The Tunic. |
| Tunic, Petticoat, and Girdle (Jutland) | [62] |
| Hunefer and his Wife ("Book of the Dead," c. B.C. 1370) | [63] |
| A Priest Burning Incense ("Book of the Dead") | [65] |
| Plan of the Tunic | [66] |
| The Tunic (Hope's "Costume of the Ancients") | [67] |
| Greek Figure (Ibid.) | [70] |
| Greek Figure (Ibid.) | [71] |
| Treuthe's Pilgryme atte Plow (Trinity College, Cambridge) | [75] |
| Anglo-Saxon Dress (Eighth Century) | [76] |
| Chat III.—The Mantle. |
| Heading: The Imperial Coronation Mantle at Vienna | [83] |
| Plan of the Toga | [86] |
| The Toga (Hope's "Costume of the Ancients") | [87] |
| Statue of Queen Matilda at Rochester | [91] |
| Lord Burleigh (National Portrait Gallery) | [93] |
| Lodowick, Duke of Richmond and Lennox | [97] |
| Portion of the Picture of the Miracle of St. Bernard, Perugia | [99] |
| Prince Henry, eldest son of James I. | [103] |
| Earl of Rochester (National Portrait Gallery) | [105] |
| Duke of Buckingham | [107] |
| Chat IV.—The Doublet and Hose. |
| Heading: Italian Cassone (Fifteenth Century) | [111] |
| Figure by Fiorenzo di Lorenzo, Perugia | [113] |
| Paris on Mount Ida (Hope's "Costume of the Ancients") | [115] |
| Anglo-Saxon Retainer (G. W. Rhead) | [116] |
| Knightly Pastimes: Hawking, 1575 | [119] |
| Sir Thomas Gresham (National Portrait Gallery) | [121] |
| Philip II. of Spain (National Portrait Gallery) | [123] |
| Henry, Prince of Wales | [125] |
| An Exquisite (from Jacquemin) | [129] |
| Philippe de Vendôme | [131] |
| Chat V.—The Kirtle or Petticoat. |
| The Close-fitting Jacket, temp. Edward III. (from Viollet le Duc) | [137] |
| A Lady of Basle (Holbein) | [139] |
| The Children of Charles I. | [143] |
| Miss Lewis | [145] |
| The Gamut of Love (Watteau) | [147] |
| Madame de Mouchy | [151] |
| Walking Dress, 1810 | [152] |
| Promenade Costume, 1833 | [154] |
| Paris Evening Dress, 1833 | [155] |
| Chat VI.—The Rise and Fall of the Crinoline. |
| Heading: Figure from Jacquemin | [159] |
| Queen Charlotte (after Gainsborough) | [161] |
| Queen Elizabeth | [163] |
| James I. and his Queen, Anne of Denmark | [165] |
| Festal Dress, Otaheite | [167] |
| Mary Queen of Scots and Darnley | [169] |
| "Don't be afraid, my dear!" | [171] |
| King and Mrs. Baddeley | [173] |
| The Crinoletta Disfigurans (Punch) | [177] |
| Chat VII.—Collars and Cuffs. |
| Henrietta, Marquise d'Entragues | [182] |
| Henry IV. of France | [185] |
| The Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia | [187] |
| Son of the Painter Dirck de Vries | [191] |
| Charles I. in three views | [193] |
| Cravats | [199] |
| Chat VIII.—Hats, Caps, and Bonnets. |
| Heading: Fools in a Morris Dance | [205] |
| Mrs. Anne Warren (after Romney) | [207] |
| Hunting Hat, Orcagna, Campo Santo, Pisa | [210] |
| Hunting Hat (Ibid.) | [210] |
| Figure with Long Net-caul (G. W. Rhead) | [212] |
| Hat, Fra Angelico, Florence | [213] |
| Hat (Ibid.) | [213] |
| Heart-shaped Head-dress | [216] |
| Horned Head-dress | [216] |
| Francis Bacon | [219] |
| Thomas Killigrew | [221] |
| The Development of the Pot Hat | [223] |
| Robert Devereux, second Earl of Essex | [225] |
| Letitia Bonaparte, mother of Napoleon | [228] |
| Anne Day | [229] |
| Two of the Wigginses (Gillray) | [230] |
| Parisian Head-dresses for 1812 | [231] |
| Fool's Cap of Leather, German (S.K.M.) | [233] |
| Chat IX.—The Dressing of the Hair, Moustachios, and Beard. |
| Heading: Comb (Italian, Fourteenth Century) | [237] |
| Assyrian Bas-relief | [238] |
| Bearded Bacchus (Hope's "Costume of the Ancients") | [239] |
| Greek Head-dresses (Ibid.) | [241] |
| Roman Head-dresses (Ibid.) | [243] |
| Head-dress from Viollet le Duc (Fifteenth Century) | [248] |
| A Painted Face (Roxburghe Ballads) | [251] |
| Wig, Egyptian, B.C. 1500 (British Museum) | [254] |
| Beau Fielding | [257] |
| Hyacinthe Rigaud | [259] |
| Ridiculous Taste; or, The Lady's Absurdity | [261] |
| The French Lady in London | [263] |
| Head-dress (from Jacquemin) | [264] |
| Louis XVI., Marie Antoinette, and the Dauphin | [269] |
| A Reigning Monarch | [272] |
| Philip IV. of Spain | [273] |
| Chat X.—Boots, Shoes, and other Coverings for the Feet. |
| Heading: Shoes (Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries) | [281] |
| Clog or Patten | [282] |
| Roman Sandals (Hope's "Costume of the Ancients") | [285] |
| Sandals of Italian Peasantry | [286] |
| Lords John and Bernard Stuart | [287] |
| Shoes, French (Fifteenth and Seventeenth Centuries) | [290] |
| Shoes, German (Sixteenth Century) | [291] |
| Shoes (Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, Musée de Cluny) | [293] |
| Carved Wooden Shoe, French (Seventeenth Century) | [294] |
| Shoe, Dutch Officer of Guards, 1662 | [296] |
| Shoe of a Musketeer, 1697 | [296] |
| Top Boot, Louis XIII., 1611 | [297] |
| Top Boot, Comte de Soissons, 1628 | [298] |
| Bravoes (Martin Schongauer) | [299] |